has given me an opertunity in his
letter, I gladly improve it, how far it may
be to your edifycation I know not, but trust you will receiveit in a maner that shall answer my intention in so doing— for my
intention is to give you a word of consolation to strengthen you in the absence of your most worthy
Companion; and— husband whose merits and experiance and acquirements, but
few can compete with in this generation and fewer I fear will ever
appretiate the worth of such men; men upon whom God, in his wisdom hath bestowed gifts, that duly qualify them
to lead men in the way of life and salvation. I consider in some degree
how great a trial you must have in this seperation, but I think I may
safely say, that you may rest with a firm reliance that God will so order
it that you may not be seperated only but for a short season, and then
your Joy will be full and if faithful
he will return and teach you things that have
been hid from the wise and prudent, hiden things of old times, as
Moses saist in
Deut. 33dchap 19th verse for they shall
suck of the abundance of theseas and of the treasures hid in the sand. Some of
these things have begun
to
come forth therefore Lift up your heart and be glad; be comforted be
faithful: pray in faith; and in fine say to all the saints in Zion as the
Lord God liveth the redemtion of Zion

A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...

has given me an opertunity in his
paper letter, I gladly improve it, how far it may
be to your edifycation I know not, but trust you will receiv[e]it in a maner that shall answer my intention in so doing— for my
intention is to give you a word of consolation to streng[th]en you in the absence of your most worthy
Companion; and— husband whose merits and experiance and acquirements, but
few can compete with in this generation and fewer I fear will ever
appretiate the worth of such men; men upon whom God, in his wi[s]dom hath bestowed gifts, that duly qualify them
to lead men in the way of life and salvation. I consider in some degree
how great a trial you must have in this seperation, but I think I may
safely say, that you may rest with a firm reliance that God will so order
it that you may not be seperated only but for a short season, and then
<your Joy will be full> and if faithful
<he will> return and teach you things that have
been hid from the wise and prudent, hiden things of old times, as
Moses saist [in]
Deut. 33d<chap> 19th verse for they shall
suck of the abundance of [the][se]as and of the treasures hid in the sand. Some of
the[se] things have begun
[to]
come forth therefore Lift up your heart and be glad; be comforted be
faithful: pray in faith; and in fine say to all the saints in Zion as the
Lord God liveth the redemtion of Zion

A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

Located in western Missouri, thirteen miles north of Independence. Settled 1820. Clay Co. seat, 1822. Incorporated as town, May 1829. Following expulsion from Jackson Co., 1833, many Latter-day Saints found refuge in Clay Co., with church leaders and other...